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To be fair, they did it last summer matching Gordon's deal and signing Anderson (but to a good, moveable contract).
Official 2013 NBA Draft Thread
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I agree, he tailed off in the 2nd half, he was on my fantasy team .. However like I said before, even without Holiday, the Pelicans aren't a Top 5-7 lotto team. If they stayed healthy, they would've lower lottery team 10-12 range.
I can also see them trying to package Grevis and Aminu for small forward
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Since the bucks and celtics aren't making the playoffs the wiz should definitely get in
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Will you guys still be saying "the Sixers won this draft by far" if the Pelicans decide to tank next season and end up with a Top 5 pick?
Doesnt matter. There is no way in the world the pelicans can even come close to being as bad as the sixers will be. Y'all are forgetting we have our own lottery pick...even if we don't win the lottery we will be top 3...now if NO wants to play that tank game then why not keep your own pick in 2014 and hold onto Noel ? Trading your 1st pick is a stupid move for a team that probably isn't the 8seed if they all stay healthy but they're too good to be bottom 5-6 in the nba.
Sixers did extraordinarily well...worst case NO somehow ends up with the 5th pick, oh well. We still get one of wiggins, randle, Parker to pair with Noel and MCW (not as high on him but potential is certainly there) PLUS 40 million dollars in cap space in 2014 to play with. That's winning in the long run if you aren't a top 3-4 seed in either conference...have to build through the draft. If it works out ideally we can land Wiggins And someone like Andrew Harrison plus Noel and MCW...a core of a defensive monster, a superstar in Wiggins, Harrison should be very good too, and a PG in MCW who could be good as well. And they're all gonna be younger than 23 on cheap rookie contracts?!
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As a magic fan im glad we picked somebody that is going to actually contribute..not happy that we picked a high level role player at #2 tho :x ...if all the team wanted was great defense and 10-15 ppg we should have traded down, plus we still have Aaflalo..no bledsoe yet
And the Sixers didnt win that trade..Jrue is better than anything in this draft and the draft pick doesnt even give them a shot at the top players in next years draft...only plus side is they now have more quantity of picks to try to find a good player
And New Orleans gets a very good young PG who isn't gonna mean anything for them bc they will STILL be mediocre and picked up a fairly large contract...I don't get how people are saying the sixers didn't win that. It's not just Jrue is better than anyone else, it's getting a corner stone defensive presence, ridding our team of a very good player who impedes the tanking process, lets us have 40 million dollars in cap space in 2014, and increase our chances at getting Wiggins or any of the other top 4 players next year by a large margin. Plus we got another likely lotto pick in a great class. Don't just look at the short term of this season, it's irrelevant we weren't winning with Jrue and the pelicans won't be either. Yeah this is bold but I'd rather my team make moves like this than be a perrenial 6,7,8 seed for 5 yrs
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agreed, he was developing and then they traded him and i think that hurt him more than helped him as a mental thing.
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PMatic is right, we shouldn't be surprised New Orleans pulled the trigger so early when they already loaded the gun with Gordon. I see why they did it, I just think they regret it down the line and wish they were more patient.
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it depends on Wall, i know he showed a lot of promise at the second half of the season, but he doesn't really play winning basketball. I hope he can produce in wins, but I have a hard time seeing the Wizards being a playoff team.The Wizards man; if they don't make the playoffs next year...
I think they're the next Eastern team to be afraid of in the next 2-3 years..
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is Austin Rivers out of New Orleans and what about the Latino PG from New Orleans is he still playing for them?
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Will you guys still be saying "the Sixers won this draft by far" if the Pelicans decide to tank next season and end up with a Top 5 pick
Doesnt matter. There is no way in the world the pelicans can even come close to being as bad as the sixers will be. Y'all are forgetting we have our own lottery pick...even if we don't win the lottery we will be top 3...now if NO wants to play that tank game then why not keep your own pick in 2014 and hold onto Noel ? Trading your 1st pick is a stupid move for a team that probably isn't the 8seed if they all stay healthy but they're too good to be bottom 5-6 in the nba.
Sixers did extraordinarily well...worst case NO somehow ends up with the 5th pick, oh well. We still get one of wiggins, randle, Parker to pair with Noel and MCW (not as high on him but potential is certainly there) PLUS 40 million dollars in cap space in 2014 to play with. That's winning in the long run if you aren't a top 3-4 seed in either conference...have to build through the draft. If it works out ideally we can land Wiggins And someone like Andrew Harrison plus Noel and MCW...a core of a defensive monster, a superstar in Wiggins, Harrison should be very good too, and a PG in MCW who could be good as well. And they're all gonna be younger than 23 on cheap rookie contracts?!
They didn't think they could play Noel and AD together and Grevis/Gordon/Rivers combo at PG wasn't going to get it done either. If PG was their target they should've went with Burke, but I'm not sure if that would've helped them either.
Sixers did a great job though, not taking anything away from them but we truly won't know who the winner is until next years draft.
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Personally, I would have loved to see Noel and Davis together. And yes, I know neither is the size of prime Shaq but who cares they'll put on weight... Davis will develop offensively and Noel just needs to be average offensively and I would have liked it.
I just wanted to see them block a combined 9 shots a game.
I just wanted to see them block a combined 9 shots a game.
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Will you guys still be saying "the Sixers won this draft by far" if the Pelicans decide to tank next season and end up with a Top 5 pick
Doesnt matter. There is no way in the world the pelicans can even come close to being as bad as the sixers will be. Y'all are forgetting we have our own lottery pick...even if we don't win the lottery we will be top 3...now if NO wants to play that tank game then why not keep your own pick in 2014 and hold onto Noel ? Trading your 1st pick is a stupid move for a team that probably isn't the 8seed if they all stay healthy but they're too good to be bottom 5-6 in the nba.
Sixers did extraordinarily well...worst case NO somehow ends up with the 5th pick, oh well. We still get one of wiggins, randle, Parker to pair with Noel and MCW (not as high on him but potential is certainly there) PLUS 40 million dollars in cap space in 2014 to play with. That's winning in the long run if you aren't a top 3-4 seed in either conference...have to build through the draft. If it works out ideally we can land Wiggins And someone like Andrew Harrison plus Noel and MCW...a core of a defensive monster, a superstar in Wiggins, Harrison should be very good too, and a PG in MCW who could be good as well. And they're all gonna be younger than 23 on cheap rookie contracts?!
They didn't think they could play Noel and AD together and Grevis/Gordon/Rivers combo at PG wasn't going to get it done either. If PG was their target they should've went with Burke, but I'm not sure if that would've helped them either.
Sixers did a great job though, not taking anything away from them but we truly won't know who the winner is until next years draft.
Very true, we just have to wait and see but you can only set your team up for success
lol in tanking) which we are well on our way, but if we can nab Wiggins I will be beyond ecstatic...we've been in NBA purgatory for too long, basically since after AI led us to the finalsI also hope Jrue excels in NO cuz he's a great classy kid and a hard worker besides being a really good player...just hope that whole squad finishes with the highest possible chance at #6 pick, beyond next year I hope he wins a title down in NO eventually
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Was Magic Johnson on the panel last year?
I really hope he's canned.
I really hope he's canned.
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Very true, we just have to wait and see but you can only set your team up for success
They should've drafted CJ but I understand the desire for a veteran PG so ehh.
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Agreed...he's going to be a monster on the glass.
The only thing about next year's draft class is I have a feeling Jabari Parker will wanna stay more than a year. Hopefully not though.
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Yeah 6-8 should be Toronto, Cleveland, and Washington with the same top 5 from last year being the same
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What's the consensus on Carrick Felix?
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kill me now please
You know Magic ain't going nowhere, its easy money for him
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Why do you have Exum always ranked so high when recuriting blogs are pegging him as a fringe top-50 prospect in his class?
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Exum will definitely be a lottery pick.
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2014 draft my lord .......
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worldbeefreeg - you know most Scouts don't rank player's who play overseas right ?
the fact that they even have Exum ranked / on there radar say's a lot
the fact that they even have Exum ranked / on there radar say's a lot
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